News

**A previous version of this story said there was no increase for higher education in the proposed budget. Gov. Kate Brown released her proposal for the 2017-19 Oregon governor’s budget on Dec 1. The proposal shows a large increase for K-12 spending over the next two years. However, Brown’s proposed budget …

Arts & Culture

Emerald writers Dana Alston and Casey Miller give their takes on Childish Gambino’s newest album, Awaken, My Love! Dana’s Take: Donald Glover made a career out of being unpredictable. Originally an actor and writer known for his role in Community, Glover rose to musical prominence with 2011’s Camp, the first album …

Sports

The UO Board of Trustees’ Executive and Audit committee unaimously approved a five-year, $16 million contract on Friday morning for newly hired Oregon head coach Willie Taggart. The contract — which runs through January 2022 — will average $3.2 million annually for the 40-year-old coach. “We couldn’t have selected such …

Opinion

“The water protectors have done it. This is a monumental victory in the fight to protect indigenous rights and sovereignty,” said Lilian Molina, a Greenpeace spokeswoman, after the Army called off the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction through the Missouri river on Sunday. According to CNN, the DAPL is “ …